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FP Staff • April 17, 2013, 14:02:34 IST
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After this morning’s bomb blast near the BJP office in Bangalore, Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed tweeted, that if the blast is a terror attack, BJP will have a political advantage in the election in Karnataka.

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Bangalore blast: Cong leader slammed for insensitive tweet

It seems everything in our country is politicised — that includes bomb blasts. After this morning’s bomb blast near the BJP office in Bangalore, Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed tweeted, that if the blast is a terror attack, BJP will have a political advantage in the election in Karnataka.

If the blast near BJP's office in Banglore is a terror attack,it will certainly help the BJP politically on the eve of election.

— Dr Shakeel Ahmad (@Ahmad_Shakeel) April 17, 2013

[caption id=“attachment_705722” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] ![Shakeel Ahmad. Screen grab/ibnlive](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Shakeel.jpg) Shakeel Ahmad. Screen grab/ibnlive[/caption] Minutes later, a twitter account for the BJP in Karnataka, retaliated, “Congress Spokesperson Shakeel Ahmad’s tweet on blasts in Bangalore is insensitive and inhumane.” People on twitter criticised Ahmad’s ‘insensitive tweet’. Here are some of the reactions:

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@Ahmad_Shakeel U are really sick.. Thinking about profit and loss in elections over dead body of innocents. Typical jihadists mentality ..

— Ashutosh Srivastava (@akshri_250) April 17, 2013
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This duffer @Ahmad_Shakeel aspires to reach highest rung on ladder of idocy...perhaps ahmad shakeel very is sympathetic to terrorists...

— Chhayank Mehta (@chhayank) April 17, 2013

 

Shudder Fact Of The Day: Shakeel Ahmad, who has said the B'lore blast will 'help the BJP politically', used to be MoS Home.

— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) April 17, 2013

 

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